5 Good/Nice/Positive Things about HAL

[whogo]

Fellow cruisers

Cabins ready at embarkation

Main dining room breakfasts

Promenade deck

Lox

[Dulciana8]

What a great idea!

 

1. fresh flowers and artwork;

2. bread pudding;

3. the wooden loungers on the promenade;

4. Tamarind;

5. friendliness of fellow passengers and crew.

[mamaofami]

The crew

Room service breakfast

Size of the ship

Pinnacle Grill

Beds

[mamaofami]

Couldn't stop with five

 

Promenade deck

Fresh flowers

Art work

Piano Bar (when there's a good player)

The escargot

[tropicgal2]

Half Moon Cay

MDR Waiters

MDR Dinner

Casino

Room Stewards

 

and I have to agree with Carol on the Room Service Breakfast.

We were on our 1st HAL cruise in Dec., and we are going back again in March.

We ordered room service breakfast 3 times on our cruise. It was always prompt, hot food, and we wrote in anything we wanted that was not on the room service menu, with no problems.

[PathfinderEss]

Crew/and officers

food

Pinnacle

Neptune

drinks/appetizers' at the bar

smaller ship size

 

How can you stop at 5 things. I know I can't.:eek:

 

[rafinmd]

1. The itineraries

 

2. The Promenade Deck

 

3. On Deck for the Cause

 

4. Stewards and other crew

 

5. The Libraries

 

Roy

[CruiserCliff]

Impossible to do in five words or less...

1. Positive, caring attitude of officers and crew

2. Cafe Americano - 7AM Explorations Cafe

3. Unlimited Laundry at 4+ Stars

4. Friendly, Competent Front Desk Staff

5. Smiles when I try speaking a little Bahasa to the Indonesian Crew

[Typhoon1]

Pinnacle

 

Hard working Stewards

 

Chocolate

 

Beautiful ships

[ellieanne]

1) quiet spots during the day

2) bartenders who know your favorites

3) decks to watch dock activity

4) pedicures while sailing into ports

5) sailing into Montreal at sunrise

[Monsoonalblue]

1. Cookies

2. The Pinnacle for breakfast

3. The Mojitos

4. The Neptune lounge

5. The shops

[George C]

yes also forgot the wang wangs

[pv girl]

1- always smiling crew

2- beds

3- artwork (take the Ipod tour on each ship and be amazed at the story behind each piece)

4- room service coffee in am

5- quiet

 

and have to do 3 more

 

6- warm sticky buns

7- elegance of formal night in MDR

8- coming back to a clean room at night with chocolates and towel animals

[foodgirl]

The crew

Wine policy

Thermal suite!!!

Room service

Movies in the room

Promenade deck

Half moon cay....I wish I could stay here forever bar

I know more than 5 but couldn't help myself :D

[Krazy Kruizers]

Pinnacle Staff/Tamarind Staff

Cabin Crew

Dining Room Staff

Art Work

Large Cabins/Verandahs

[bloofer]

comfy beds

afternoon tea

wine policy

stern wraparounds

breakfast at Pinnacle

[Minoushka]

Freshsqueezes orange juice

Papaya delivered every morning by the chef on Lido deck

Careful attention to my allergy for dinner

Anytime diningat the same table every night

Adagio string

Fish

Itinerary

Great staff

The gifts i got .hat and pins

[Irish Eyes Are Sailing]

1. Good service

2. Good food

3. Comfortable cabins/beds

4. Smaller size of ships

5. Reasonable Liquor/Wine Policy

[jamespebbles]

What are Wang Wangs?

[Irish Eyes Are Sailing]

Oh, and I forgot, #6 (sorry!)

 

6. Room Service Breakfasts

[MrBill64]

Funny story about the Wang Wangs! Upon sailaway from Tampa, I ordered my usual Wang Wang. The bartender was in shock...wondering how I knew about the Wang Wang. Told him someone who sailed with us on the Noordam "Good Nuts" cruise clued me in (thanks, Richard! ;) )

What I did not realize is that the bar crew from the Philipines introduced the Wang Wang to HAL...a drink they claim belongs to them!

Apparently it is not often ordered on the Ryndam...each time I did, I was met with a huge smile from the bar crew!

 

Great story. I can't wait to order a Wang Wang on my upcoming cruise and see the reaction I get from the bartender.

[MrBill64]

What are Wang Wangs?

 

This is a good thread explaining the Wang Wang. After drinking a few you too will look like my profile picture :p

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=610516

[AZNative2000]

1. The "WELCOME ABOARD"!

2. The Aft Wraps

3. Unlimited laundry package

4. Neptune Lounge and Concierge

5. Pinnacle Grill breakfast, lunch, dinner

 

Goodness knows I could keep going but with a limit of five ... :)

[quanta88]

1. Hand towels in the restrooms
   
2. Everyone has access to bathrobes
   
3. Fruit bowls in cabins
   
4. Cooking demos
   
5. No noise, no PA announcements, no nonsense!
   

[roadbeagle]

1. Room Service

 

2. Outstanding crew

 

3. Never feels crowded

 

4. Amazing breakfast buffet

 

5. Pinnacle